Senior Engineer – Optical Network Engineering

Job Description

Senior Engineer – Public Sector | Lumen Technologies

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Lumen Technologies, located remotely in the USA. Lumen is a trusted network provider for the AI-powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through its expansive fiber network. This role is crucial for ensuring secure, high-performance connectivity for governments and communities, building infrastructure that is resilient and ready for future AI workloads. It involves translating complex engineering processes into comprehensive, actionable documentation and hands-on work with high-performance network systems for compliance-driven federal programs.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote, USA Remote
• Pay: $84629–$124122 yearly
• Mission: Own outcomes for high-impact, multifaceted projects by translating complex engineering into precise, actionable documentation and executing hands-on inside plant activities for compliance-driven federal programs.
• Tech Stack: DWDM systems, Packet Optical Transport Networks (OTN), SONET architecture, router environments, Microsoft Visio, Bit Error Rate Testers (BERTs), Optical Time-Domain Reflectometers (OTDRs), Optical Power Meters, precision optical test equipment

What You’ll Actually Do
• Design: Develop diagrams, schematics, and equipment layouts using tools such as Microsoft Visio.
• Assessment: Perform detailed site surveys to evaluate infrastructure conditions and project feasibility for advanced networking technologies.
• Documentation: Produce Engineering Design Packages (EDPs) for inside plant (ISP) installations, ensuring alignment with Lumen’s technical proposal standards and federal requirements, and update documents post-deployment to reflect “as-built” conditions.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with federal stakeholders, subcontractors, vendors, and internal teams to translate mission requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Testing: Conduct comprehensive testing of DS-3, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, and OC-192 circuits using precision optical test equipment, and execute turnup and testing of DWDM systems, Packet Optical Transport Networks (OTN), SONET platforms, and high-performance router networks.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience (8+ years in telecommunications operations & maintenance, installation, and engineering) for a senior-level position.
• Experience: 8+ years in telecommunications operations & maintenance, installation, and engineering; skilled in creating and revising Engineering Design Plans (EDPs) and As-Built drawings; experienced in using telecommunications test equipment, with comprehensive knowledge of testing operations, procedures, and best practices.
• Skills: US Citizenship required; eligible to obtain and maintain security clearance up to Top Secret (TS) level; technical knowledge of DWDM systems, Packet Optical Transport Networks (OTN), SONET architecture, and router environments; strong documentation habits; sharp analytical judgment; precision; practical engineering experience within compliance-driven federal programs.
• Bonus: Willingness to travel up to 75% across the continental U.S.; valid driver’s license.